Please split California in half.
Just so long as you guys have to keep Newsom.
Deal. You can have Kevin McCarthy.
Bakersfield goes with NorCal. Sorry, the Tehachapis are the border.
Bulldinky. This should be the map:
Or if you want more states, this:
https://www.newcaliforniastate.com/
Marin - Like California is now
El Dorado - Like Colorado
Coronado - Like New Mexico
Centralia - Like Florida or Arizona
Jefferson- Like Missouri or Ohio, not quite like Utah
That Jefferson voted for Clinton (very narrowly) and Biden by a larger margin. Sacramento is big and quite Democratic nowadays. Centralia did vote for Trump in 2016, but probably flipped to Biden in 2020.
El Dorado, Coronado and Marin were stronger for Clinton than any other existing state.